Rs 130,000,000,000! The cost of Bharat bandhHow effective are these strikes to solve an issue as vexing as this? Aren't strikes a bane for a nation already reeling under a heavy dose of inflation? Don't strikes put more pressure on an inflationary economic structure like India's?India to create 570 million new jobs in 5 yearsThe United Progressive Alliance government has announced an estimated 2.5 per cent annual growth in employment and a possibility of creating 570 million (5.7 crore) jobs over the next five years, if an economic growth rate of 9 per cent is maintained.Nath blasts Plan panel, dubs it armchair advisorRoad Transport Minister Kamal Nath said on Monday he was forewarned that the Plan panel would not allow him to achieve a 20 km-a-day road-building target.India's biz groups: Who's the fairest of them all?The point is that the Ambanis are not in a business league of their own; they have plenty of company. Other leading business houses have done well, often better, says T N Ninan.

July 03, 2010

Delhi has a new airportIndia's services sector income is on the rise, but what of the quality of people, asks Sanjaya Baru.